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Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal?

From	jerryab@juno.com
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Subject	Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal?
Date	2016-01-25 09:26 -0600
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 05:06:56 +1100, "Rod Speed"
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
><jerryab@juno.com> wrote in message 
>news:0qs9abhm24sfvpdp29aontccdg36t4rgtl@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 10:32:09 -0500, "Percival P. Cassidy"
>> <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> wrote:
>>
>>>On 01/23/2016 12:24 AM, Sam wrote:
>>>
>>>>> How come Seagate -- to name just one manufacturer -- can sell an
>>>>> external 6TB drive in a case with a USB 3.0 adapter and a cable for 
>>>>> less
>>>>> than they sell any 6TB internal drive?
>>>>
>>>> reliability?
>>>
>>>Hardly -- when the drive in the enclosure is the same one (at least in
>>>some cases) as the one that is sold for more without the enclosure, wall
>>>wart, and USB interface and cable.
>>>
>>>Perce
>>
>> Warranty period.
>>
>> Internal drives typically have a 3-yr warranty. External devices are
>> usually warranted for 1-2 yrs. So the drive mfr has passed the cost of
>> service and replacement to the reseller. To make the cost of the
>> external box acceptable, the cost of the drive (to the reseller) must
>> be fairly low.
>>
>> Also remember, the reseller must buy a fairly large number of the
>> drives in order to get the lower price. Thus, the drive mfr is getting
>> a chunk of "cash now" and avoiding all those expenses in the future
>> (warranty replacement, etc) related to those bulk-sale drives.
>
>The problem with that theory is that the same external
>drive has a 3 year warranty here, but a 1 year warranty
>in the US and is cheaper than the same drive bare here.

Learn how businesses operate. The laws regarding warranties in other
countries are not the same as the US. 

>The real reason they are often cheaper is just the usual
>reason, they sell in higher volume than internal drives
>in the retail market. 

Nope. They are all internal drives. All the external mfrs (OEMs) do is
put the internal drives in external boxes and resell the package with
a different warranty--one they create. This OEM warranty is not
dependent on the drive manufacturer's warranty for an internal drive
sold to the public. In the US, the drive manufacturer will not honor
any warranty for the drives sold to the OEM unless the claim is made
by the OEM against the drive manufacturer--which requires the consumer
to return the device to the OEM for warranty service. If the device is
out of the OEM's warranty, that is the end of all claims.

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Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2015-09-10 10:46 -0400
  Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Mark Perkins <mark@none.invalid> - 2015-09-10 12:09 -0500
    Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Mark F <mark53916@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 15:05 -0400
      Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2015-09-10 20:27 +0000
        Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Mark Perkins <mark@none.invalid> - 2015-09-10 15:59 -0500
          Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 07:14 +1000
          Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2015-09-11 02:01 +0000
          Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? larrymoencurly@my-deja.com - 2015-09-17 21:58 -0700
            Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Mark Perkins <mark@none.invalid> - 2015-09-30 17:50 -0500
              Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-09-30 19:58 -0700
              Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Mark F <mark53916@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 12:24 -0400
      Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2015-09-10 17:00 -0400
        Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2015-09-10 22:10 -0500
          Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-13 04:45 +1000
            Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2015-09-14 05:04 -0500
              Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 05:00 +1000
                Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2015-09-14 19:16 -0500
                Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-09-15 00:03 -0700
                Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2015-09-15 18:57 -0500
                Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 13:14 +1000
                Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-09-16 14:12 -0700
                Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 05:01 +1000
                Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2015-09-15 18:57 -0500
                Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 13:12 +1000
              Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? larrymoencurly@my-deja.com - 2015-09-17 22:50 -0700
        Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Mark F <mark53916@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 18:44 -0400
  Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 07:15 +1000
    Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2015-09-10 17:48 -0400
      Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Mark Perkins <mark@none.invalid> - 2015-09-10 21:08 -0500
  Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Sam <newsgroup2003@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 21:24 -0800
    Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2016-01-23 10:32 -0500
      Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? jerryab@juno.com - 2016-01-24 09:59 -0600
        Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-25 05:06 +1100
          Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? jerryab@juno.com - 2016-01-25 09:26 -0600
            Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 06:23 +1100
            Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2016-01-25 15:38 -0500
              Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2016-06-04 10:28 -0400
                Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 07:57 +1000
            Re: Why are external drives cheaper than internal? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2016-01-25 16:38 -0800

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